Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 8

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 10

US CHARITABLE TRUST

The Us Charitable Trust exists to mobilise marginalised young people in London through the development of transferable life skills & cultural & social capital; equipping them with the confidence & freedom to fulfil their dreams & secure a bright & meaningful future. Us provides practical assistance into Universities, apprenticeships & employment, while supporting wellbeing & personal development.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£164	£110	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/22		£85	£93	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21		£86	£80	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/20		£74	£71	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£76	£70	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/18		£83	£66	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£61	£65	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£98	£86	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£89	£86	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£103	£51	£52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£73	£126	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

www.theuscharitabletrust.org

info@uscharitabletrust.org

07415319353

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Brent,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
7 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£262,080
John Lyon's Charity	£119,500
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC)	£5,000
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC)	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to The US Charitable Trust
£6,600	11/01/2023	Cost-of-Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - Core funding - Development Manager
£170,923	18/11/2022	The funding will support the project's Core funding - Development Manager Project. The US Charitable Trust (USCT) exists to mobilise marginalised young people in Brent through the development of ....more The funding will support the project's Core funding - Development Manager Project. The US Charitable Trust (USCT) exists to mobilise marginalised young people in Brent through the development of transferable life skills and cultural and social capital; equipping them with the confidence and freedom to fulfil their dreams and secure a bright and meaningful future. All of its programmes focus on enhancing life at school through mental health and tailored support and preparing for life after school. This includes aspirational support around careers and other post 16 options skills training and experiences e.g. STEM careers for girls programme work placements and careers fairs.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to The US Charitable Trust
£99,000	16/06/2021	COO salary
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to The US Charitable Trust
£4,000	01/06/2021	Summer Arts camp and Fete
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) - Small Grants - Summer 2021 Arts Camp and fete
£5,000	28/04/2021	A series of arts and culture activities held over Summer 2021, free for local young people
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) - Small Grants - Summer 2021 Arts Camp and fete
£5,000	28/04/2021	A series of arts and culture activities held over Summer 2021, free for local young people
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to The US Charitable Trust
£5,900	06/07/2020 12	CV19 Summer Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Cultural and Social Capital
£91,157	02/03/2020 37	The funding will be used to help the organisation grow capacity and increase efficiency, which will enable young people in Brent to develop their skills and encourage them to pursue their own ....more The funding will be used to help the organisation grow capacity and increase efficiency, which will enable young people in Brent to develop their skills and encourage them to pursue their own interests, to achieve their full potential.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to The US Charitable Trust
£4,000	29/06/2019 12	No Pen - Urban Multisports (Pen - abbreviation of the word Penalty or Penitentiary)

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

AKEEM GRAHAM Appointed: 2023

ENDY MCKAY Appointed: 2014

NADIYAH ISMAIL Appointed: 2023

ALFRED QUARTEY Appointed: 2023

CONSUELO LILY AINLEY Appointed: 2023

DILLON DONNELLY-TRIMBLE Appointed: 2022

HELEN ANIMASHAUN Appointed: 2023

KATE HOWELL Appointed: 2021

CLIVE NYAWO Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Executive

SERENA BALFOUR Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Company Director / Mediator

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/05/2012, number: 1147089
Registered at Companies House on 16/02/2012, number: 07953247

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR17: 127 days late, AR13: 1 days late,

Main office

Newman Catholic College
145 Harlesden Road
London
NW10 3RN

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF HARLESDEN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

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